Section: ngIRCd Manual (8)Updated: Dec 2008Local indexUp
NAME
ngIRCd - the next generation IRC daemon
SYNOPSIS
ngircd [Options]
DESCRIPTION
ngIRCd
is a free open source daemon for the Internet Relay Chat (IRC),
developed under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
It's written from scratch and is not based upon the original IRCd like
many others. It is easy to configure, supports server links (even with
original ircd's) and runs on hosts with changing IP addresses (such as
dial-in networks).
Currently supported platforms include AIX, A/UX, FreeBSD, HP-UX, IRIX,
Linux, Mac OS X, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, and Windows with Cygwin.
As ngIRCd relies on UNIX standards and uses GNU automake and GNU autoconf
there are good chances that it also supports other UNIX-based operating
systems as well. By default, ngIRCd writes diagnostic and informational messages using
the syslog mechanism.
OPTIONS
The default behaviour of
ngircd
is to read its standard configuration file (see below), to detach from the
controlling terminal and to wait for clients.
You can use these options to modify this default:
-ffile, --configfile
Use
file
as configuration file.
-n, --nodaemon
Don't fork a child and don't detach from controlling terminal.
All log messages go to the console and you can use CTRL-C to
terminate the server.
-p, --passive
Disable automatic connections to other servers. You can use the IRC command
CONNECT later on as IRC Operator to link this ngIRCd to other servers.
-t, --configtest
Read, validate and display the configuration; then exit.
-V, --version
Output version information and exit.
-h, --help
Display a brief help text and exit.
FILES
/etc/ngircd/ngircd.conf
The system wide default configuration file.
/etc/ngircd/ngircd.motd
Default "message of the day" (MOTD).
HINTS
It's wise to use "ngircd --configtest" to validate the configuration file
after changing it.